Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Really Inspector, do you seriously expect me to believe that on 5/2/04 11:46
pm, "moosetication" <moosetication@...> wrote:

> Alas, it still doesn't stop Yamaha UK distribution being
> fundamentally incompetent: Drumwright are not anticipating
> deliveries of DTXtreme and even DTXPressIII gear until "at least the
> middle of the year."
> 
> Roland's box-movers are, as ever, putting Yamaha to shame and will
> have three TD20 kits at Drumwright straight out of the blocks.

And it gets worse I'm afraid as I went into Sound Control (basement of
Virgin in Oxford Street) at the weekend and they have no Yamaha kit at all
now, so the only electronic kits are those on the Roland Planet stand (4 of
them), which if you saw my posting of the 30th December is the first thing
you see when you walk down the stairs into the store. This is a sizable
store in a prime location so this is not a smart move on Yamaha's behalf.
I'm not sure what the situation is at Chappells in Bond Street, which is
Yamaha's main showcase store in London, (mainly pianos it has to be said),
but last time I was there they had a DTXpress II. Compared to the impact of
the Roland Planet display though it is pretty pathetic.

pb